Portland International Jetport

If you or someone you know is flying into or out of the Portland International Jetport this spring, you may want to keep reading and also keep an eye on itineraries. From April 18 at 8:00 a.m. to June 13 at 5:45 a.m., the main runway at the Jetport, which runs East-West, will be closed for a $13.7 million major…

Jetport officials say anyone with a flight booked to or from Portland, Maine, from mid-April to mid-June may want to check for a rebooking notice.

Mainers are salting and sanding their way out of an icy day. From Biddeford and Berwick to Portland, Augusta and Bangor, hundreds of businesses, schools and other workplaces were closed Wednesday. The ice reduced speeds on the Maine Turnpike for part of the morning and clung to trees and sidewalks in Greater Portland into Wednesday night. “I’d rather have 20…

Hundreds of business, schools and other workplaces were closed Thursday after freezing rain left a glaze of ice across Maine.

Equipment from an airplane fell through the sky onto a golf course in Gorham, Maine.

The landing gear of a plane fell through the sky onto a Maine golf course earlier this week. All five people on board a twin-engine Piper PA 31 Navajo that had to make an emergency landing on Long Island in New York are OK, and no one was injured on the ground after the plane’s right main landing gear fell…

Thursday may have brought the largest single service announcement in the history of the Portland International Jetport, according to officials at the Maine airport. United Airlines announced a major seasonal expansion, revealing it would offer direct flights from Portland to six cities — Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, and the Ohio cities of Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. According to a press release…

A major airline expansion is underway in Maine ahead of the summer travel season.

A person who tried to fly from Maine to Florida has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting an exposure warning for travelers who went through Portland International Jetport Monday.

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is alerting travelers who recently passed through Portland International Jetport that they may have been exposed to COVID-19. On Monday, the agency issued a statement saying that anyone at the jetport between 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20, should monitor for coronavirus symptoms. The jetport on Tuesday added to…